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Replication data for: "Inference in Differences-in-Differences with Few Treated Groups and Heteroskedasticity"
No full textPinto, Cristine, and Ferman, Bruno, (2019) "Inference in Differences-in-Differences with Few Treated Groups and Heteroskedasticity." Review of Economics and Statistics 101:3, 452-467
Replication data for: "Inference in Differences-in-Differences with Few Treated Groups and Heteroskedasticity"
No full textPinto, Cristine, and Ferman, Bruno, (2019) "Inference in Differences-in-Differences with Few Treated Groups and Heteroskedasticity." Review of Economics and Statistics 101:3, 452-467
Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards*
No full textThis article provides field-experimental evidence on status goods. We work with an Indonesian bank that markets platinum credit cards to high-income customers. In a first experiment, we show that demand for the platinum card exceeds demand for a nondescript control product with identical benefits, suggesting demand for the pure status aspect of the card. Transaction data reveal that platinum cards are more likely to be used in social contexts, implying social image motivations. In a second experiment, we provide evidence of positional externalities from the consumption of these status goods. A final experiment provides suggestive evidence that increasing self-esteem causally reduces demand for status goods, indicating that social image might be a substitute for self-image
Randomization inference in shift share designs with an application in banking
No full textThis Master Thesis is comprised of two parts. The first one, presented in Chapter 1, is a theoretical advance in econometrics for Shift-share Designs, based on joint work with Luis Alvarez and Bruno Ferman, "Randomization Inference Tests for Shift-Share Designs" (see the reference Alvarez et al., 2022). It shows that, by choosing a properly studentized statistic for performing Randomization Inference, we are able to (i) control size in finite samples under relatively strong hypotheses, such as homogeneous treatment effects and known assignment process, and (ii) control size asymptotically under milder hypotheses, such as a "well-behaved" treatment heterogeneity and randomization distribution, even if it is different from the original assignment process. The second part, in Chapter 2, is an empirical application of this technique to the expansion of the physical bank network in Brazil during the commodity boom of the 2000's and 2010's. It seeks to measure to what extent the increase in the number of branches in the period was a response to greater economic activity. This is of interest because, at the time, the physical network was a vector of financial inclusion. Understanding the extent to which this was spurred by exogenous demand shocks may be informative for future policy.Esta Dissertação de Mestrado é composta de duas partes. A primeira, apresentada no Capítulo 1, é uma contribuição teórica em econometria para Shift-Share Designs, baseada no trabalho feito em conjunto com Luis Alvarez and Bruno Ferman, "Randomization Inference Tests for Shift-Share Designs" (veja a referência Alvarez et al., 2022). Ela mostra que, escolhendo uma estatística adequadamente estudentizada para realizar Inferência por Randomização, nós somos capazes de (i) controlar o tamanho do teste em amostras finitas sob condições relativamente fortes, como efeitos homogêneos de tratamento e distribuição conhecida dos choques, e (ii) controlar o tamanho do teste assintoticamente sob condiçõesmenos exigentes, como heterogeneidade dos efeitos de tratamento e distribuição dos choques usada nas simulações (randomização) "bem comportados", ainda que essa última seja diferente da distribuição verdadeira do processo gerador de dados. A segunda parte, no Capítulo 2, é uma aplicação empírica dessa técnica à expansão da rede física de agências bancárias no Brasil durante o boom de commodities dos anos 2000 e 2010. Tenta-se medir até que ponto o aumento do número de agências foi uma resposta à maior atividade econômica. Trata-se uma pergunta interessante pois, à época, essa rede física foi um vetor de inclusão financeira. Entender até que ponto isso foi estimulado por um choque exógeno de demanda pode ser informativo para políticas públicas futuras
Introducing “La fabrique du droit”. A Conversation with Bruno Latour
No full textBruno Latour talks with Paolo Landri about his book on the Conseil d'Etat (La Fabrique du droit). The conversation was held in 2006 at the time of the Italian translation of the book and illustrates the research project and the difficulties the author had in the field. At the same time, it clarifies the trajectories of Bruno Latour's work and theoretical framework of his program of study with respect to sociology, anthropology, and philosophy of law. The conversation helps to understand the open-ended character of Bruno Latour's research and reflection including STS as well as sociological, anthropological and philosophical themes
Replication Data for: 'Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards'
No full textThe data and programs replicate tables and figures from "Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards", by Bursztyn, Ferman, Fiorin, Kanz, and Rao
Replication Data for: 'Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards'
No full textThe data and programs replicate tables and figures from "Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards", by Bursztyn, Ferman, Fiorin, Kanz, and Rao
Author Correction: Collection of the digital data from the neurological examination.
No full textIn this article, the corresponding author was inadvertently designated only to “Bruno Kusznir Vitturi” but it should have been “Bruno Kusznir Vitturi” and “Walter Maetzler”. The original article has been corrected
On Bruno Schulz’s Bookplates
No full textThe Polish version of the article was published in Roczniki Humanistyczne vol. 64, issue 1 (2016).
The article enters into a dialogue with the interpretation of Bruno Schulz’s bookplates made by Władysław Panas in his book Bruno od Mesjasza (Bruno of the Messiah) (Lublin 2001). An attempt to understand them in a different (less holistic) way leads the author of the article to the conclusion that in Schulz’s plates the first veiled variant of the mythical Book may be seen—of the fundamental motif of Bruno Schulz’s later literary work
Jordan "Bruno" Gegenhuber '16 Publishes First-Author Research
No full textJordan "Bruno" Gegenhuber '16 had first-author research, "Gene regulation by gonadal hormone receptors underlies brain sex differences," published in nature magazine on May 4, 2022.Jordan "Bruno" Gegenhuber '16 had first-author research, "Gene regulation by gonadal hormone receptors underlies brain sex differences," published in Nature magazine on May 4, 2022.
Sex hormones play a central role in shaping behavior throughout the animal kingdom, and this study maps where the receptor for estrogen binds to DNA in neurons that regulate rodent social interactions. The findings reveal that estrogen establishes lasting sex differences in gene expression and neuroanatomy during brain development, and identifies hundreds of genes that may mediate estrogen's effects on behavior and disease.
Gegenhuber earned a PhD from the Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences in Long Island, N.Y.. in May 2022. His field of research is in neuroscience, and he has accepted a postdoctoral research position at Harvard Medical Center in Boston, Mass. He also holds the honor of being the Pacific Class of 2016 Valedictorian
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